Clothes-holder



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Patented Jan. 4, 1898;

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LOUISA YVILHELMINA ADOLFZEN, OF HASTINGS, PENNSYLVANIA.

CLOTHES-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 596,838, dated January4, 1898.

' Application filed April 29, 1897.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LOUISA WILHELMINA ADOLFZEN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Hastings, in the county of Gambria and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inClothes- Holders; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has relation to clothes-holders, and more particularly tothat class adapted for holding clothes upon the line while being dried.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, durable, andefi'ective device of this character which may be made at small cost andwhich will securely hold the clothes to the line.

lVith this object in view the invention consists of certain features ofconstruction and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fullydescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of my improvedclothes-holder. Fig. 2 is a side View, and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal Viewthrough one set of clamping-jaws.

The clothes-holder consists of a single piece of wire constructed in thefollowing manner: Starting at thepoint A the wire is bent upward, as atB, thence horizontally, as at C, thence downwardly and inwardly, as atD, thence downwardly and utwardly, as at F, thence horizon tally, thenceupwardly and inwardly, as at G, thence formed into a coil H, thencedownwardly and outwardly, as at I, thence horizontally, as at J, thenceupwardly and inwardly, as at K, thence upwardly and outwardly, as at L,thence horizontally, as at M, and downwardly, as at N. This constructionprovides two coacting jaws 1 and 2, one of greater breadth than theother, so that the other may pass through it in the act of clamping theclothes to the line, and thus increase Serial No. 634,432. (No model.)

. the friction or clamping action and more effectually retain theclothes in position. This construction also provides two handles orcompressor-arms 3 and at, by means of which the jaws are actuated.

In the foregoing description I have described but one set of jaws; butthis description will answer for the other set, which is identical withthe construction just described and is connected to the first-mentionedset by a horizontal wire, as shown in Fig. 1.

If desired to stiffen and brace the clamping-jaws, I may provide thewire bails 0; but the same are not absolutely necessary.

The device is made from a single piece of wire twisted and bent into theform shown, and by its simplicity of construction may be placed upon themarket at small cost, so as to be within reach of all.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim, and desire to securebyLetters Patent, is-

A clothes-holder for the purpose described, consisting of two sets ofclamping-jaws provided with operating handles and springs, and with aconnecting-rod, each set of jaws and handles made from a single piece ofwire bent upwardly from A as at B, thence horizontally as at C, thencedownwardly and inwardly as at E, thence downwardly and outwardly as atF, thence horizontally, thence upwardly and inwardly as at G, thencecoiled as at H, thence projecting downwardly and outwardly as at I,thence horizontally as at J, thence upwardly and inwardly as at K,thence upwardly and outwardly as at L, thence horizontallyas at M, anddownwardly as at N, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my 7 signature in presence of twowitnesses.

LOUISA WILHELMINA ADOLFZEN.

Witnesses ERNST Bnonn, EDWARD TALTON.

